Issues and Problems

In comparing the satellite data to previously published maps and plans of
the necropolis, including those of the Survey of Egypt, Porter and Moss,
and Friedericke Kampp, OLGIS-TN has found not a few peculiarities,
inconsistencies, omissions, and errors in tomb locations, designations, and
plans (e.g., placing tombs in the wrong locations, identifying the same
numbered tombs in several different locations, errors in ground plans, etc.).
Even Kampp's prodigious and invaluable work can be deceiving by fostering
an injudicious sense of over-confidence in its accuracy and completeness.
However, by her own admission, her plans are actually only measured
"sketches" (Skizze), not precisely drawn maps, and many important
tombs were omitted merely because they fell outside of her drawing area
(e.g., TT103). Elsewhere, groups of tombs have been clustered out of place
(e.g., in el-Khokha). Some of the inconsistencies are perhaps
irreconcilable, but others are not. Therefore, an important part of this
survey is to try to confirm the correct locations of the problematical
tombs, to confirm ground-plans where necessary, and to make digital photos
of every tomb facade not already photographed.